LJ958 Individual Reading for Teacher Training

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Mikulová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Petra Mutlová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Dana Stehlíková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Daniela Urbanová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Dana Stehlíková, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
In the course of their studies, students are required to read particular texts, both Latin and translated ones. Their ability to understand the original texts, read and interpret them correctly is tested within the course Reading for teacher training and the final state examination(C. Plinius Secundus, L. Annaeus Seneca, S. Propertius, Albius Tibullus, C. Valerius Catullus, Cornelius Tacitus, Q. Horatius Flaccus, Isidor of Sevilla, Carmina Burana, Caesarius of Heisterbach, Jan Ámos Komenský).
Learning outcomes
The students should be able to understand, translate selected passages (see Course Contents) from C. Plinius Secundus, L. Annaeus Seneca (the philosopher), S. Propertius, Albius Tibullus, C. Valerius Catullus, Isidor of Sevilla, the collection Carmina Burana, Caesarius of Heisterbach, Jan Ámos Komenský, comment on their linguistic characteristics and historical context. Their familiarity with the Czech translations of particular Latin works is also tested (see Course Contents).
Syllabus
  • Reading and translation of selected passages:
  • L. Annaeus Seneca. Epistulae ad Lucilium 1, 16, 47.
  • C. Plinius Secundus. Epistulae I 1,9; VI 16, 20 IX 6, 36; X 1, 2, 37, 38, 96, 97.
  • S. Propertius I 1, 3, 18; III 21, 22; IV 7, 11
  • Albius Tibullus I 1, 3 ,10; II 2; IV 7,9, 11
  • C. Valerius Catullus 5, 11-14, 17, 21, 24, 31-43 46-52, 62, 66, 70-75, 83, 84, 87, 92-93, 109
  • Carmina Burana 10, 11, 75, 76, 219
  • Isidor ze Sevilly: Etymologiae VI, 3-14, XII 1-3
  • Caesarius z Heisterbachu: Dialogus miraculorum (a "distinctio" selected by the student)
  • Jan Ámos Komenský: Didactica magna, kap. 12, 20-22.
  • Use of dictionaries, commentaries and grammar books.
  • Linguistic analysis of the text.
  • Historical background of the works.
  • Translations:

    Ancient Greek lyric poetry: Stiebitz; Kallimachos; Apollónios Rhodský: Argonautika; Ancient Greek bucolic poetry (Theokritos, Moschos, Bión); Comedy: Menandros (1 comedy); Epiktétos: Rukověť či Marcus Aurelius: Hovory k sobě; Polybios: Dějiny II (second volume in the edition published by Antická knihovna); Lúkiános: Šlehy a úsměvy (2 Menippean satires of student’s choice); Longos: Dafnis a Chloé; Nový zákon (1 gospel); Starý zákon (Genesis, Kniha moudrosti).

    Roman lyric poetry: anthology, Ferdinand Stiebitz (authors of imperial Latin literature); Sbohem, starý Říme: výbor, Eva Stehlíková; Horatius: Vavřín a réva (Odeon); Persius: satiry 1, 5, 6; Lucanus: Farsalské pole (book 1 and 6); Seneca: Faidra, Medea, O duševním klidu (one of the treatises included in this volume published by Antická knihovna), Apokolokyntóza; Petronius: Satirikon; Tacitus: Annály; Quintilianus: Základy řečnictví (book 1, 2, and 10); Apuleius: Osel, Apologie aneb vlastní obhajoba proti nařčení z čarodějnictví; Iuvenalis: satire 1 a 4; Martialis: Posměšky a jízlivosti (transl. By Radovan Krátký); Plinius: (1,20; 3,9/21; 4,14/15/27; 5,10; 6,16/20/21/32; 7,5/9/17; 8,7; 9,10/14; the whole of book 10); Phaedrus: select fables included in the anthology of Václav Bahník Svět ezopských bajek; Boëthius: Filozofie utěšitelkou; Ammianus Marcellinus (book 15, 16, and 22); Augustinus: Vyznání.

    Einhardus: ... a neuniknout budoucímu věku, transl. by P. Daniš, Praha 1999; Petr Alfonsi: Disciplina clericalis – Výchova žáků, transl. by E. Mendelová, 1997; Kosmova kronika; Kristiánova legenda: život a umučení svatého Václava a jeho báby svaté Ludmily, Praha 2012; Karel IV.: Vlastní životopis; Klaret: Ptačí zahrádka; Bohuslav Balbín: Krásy a bohatství české země, transl. by H. Businská, 1986 (p. 49-209, 283-303); Apoštol míru J. A. Komenský. Praha 1949 (cca 100 pages); Dante Alighieri: O rodném jazyce. Praha 2004 (p. 51-79); Živá tvář Erasma Rotterdamského. Praha 1985 (p. 95-270)

Literature
    recommended literature
  • SENECA. Tutte le opere : dialoghi, trattati, lettere e opere in poesia. Edited by Giovanni Reale - Monica Natali - Aldo Marastoni - Ilaria Ramelli. IV edizione. Milano: Bompiani, 2013, cxxiv, 150. ISBN 9788845290732. info
  • Selected Letters. Edited by Lucius Annaeus Seneca - Elaine Fantham. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010, xlii, 314. ISBN 0199533210. info
  • SENECA. Seneca : selected philosophical letters. Translated by Brad Inwood. 1st pub. in pbk. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010, xxiv, 409. ISBN 9780199575626. info
  • CAESARIUS DE HEISTERBACH. Dialog über die Wunder. Edited by Horst Schneider - Nikolaus Nösges. Turnhout: Brepols publishers, 2009, viii s. ISBN 9782503532202. info
  • CAESARIUS DE HEISTERBACH. Vyprávění o zázracích : středověký život v zrcadle exempel. Translated by Jana Nechutová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2009, 362 s. ISBN 9788070219805. info
  • Carmina Burana : lateinisch/deutsch. Edited by Günter Bernt. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 2006, 352 s. ISBN 3150087856. info
  • ISIDOR ZE SEVILLY. Etymologie. Edited by Jana Nechutová, Translated by Jana Malá. 1. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2004, 252 s. ISBN 8072980998. info
  • ISIDOR ZE SEVILLY. Etymologie. Edited by Jan Kalivoda, Translated by Daniel Korte. 1. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2004, 335 s. ISBN 8072981013. info
  • CATULLUS, Gaius Valerius. Veršíky a verše. Translated by Dana Svobodová - Zdeněk Hron - Jiří Žáček. V tomto uspořádání 1. vy. Praha: BB art, 2001, 156 s. ISBN 8072576003. info
  • SENECA. Briefe an Lucilius über Ethik. Edited by Franz Loretto. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 2000, 134 s. ISBN 3150093759. info
  • SENECA. Briefe an Lucilius über Ethik. Edited by Heinz Gunermann. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 1999, 151 s. ISBN 3150093740. info
  • TIBULLUS, Albius. Albii Tibulli aliorumque Carmina. Edited by Georg Luck. Ed. altera. Stutgardiae: in aedibus B.G. Teubneri, 1998, xliii, 117. ISBN 3519118645. info
  • SENECA, Lucius Annaeus. Lettres a Lucilius :sur l'amitié, la mort et les livres. Edited by Pierre Miscevic. Paris: Presses Pocket, 1990, 210 s. ISBN 2-266-03399-9. info
  • CATULLUS, Gaius Valerius. C. Valerius Catullus. Edited by Wilhelm Kroll. Siebte Auflage. Stuttgart: B.G. Teubner, 1989, xii, 318. ISBN 3519240017. info
  • PLINIUS. Dopisy. Translated by Ladislav Vidman. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1988, 387 s. URL info
  • Carmina Burana : Texte und Übersetzungen. Edited by Benedikt Konrad Vollmann - Peter Diemer - Dorothea Diemer. 1. Aufl. Frankfurt am Main: Deutscher Klassiker Verlag, 1987, 1415 s. ISBN 3618661452. info
  • KOMENSKÝ, Jan Amos. Johannis Amos Comenii opera omnia. Edited by Eva Kamínková. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, 1986, 563 stran. URL info
  • SENECA. Další listy Luciliovi. Edited by Eva Kuťáková, Translated by Václav Bahník. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1984, 332 s. info
  • Carmina burana. Edited by Wilhelm Meyer - Alfons Hilka - Otto Schumann. 2., unveränderte Aufl. Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, 1978, xvi, 112. ISBN 3533007804. info
  • Carmina burana. Edited by Wilhelm Meyer - Alfons Hilka - Otto Schumann. 2. Aufl. Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, 1971, xvi, 315. ISBN 3533007812. info
  • SENECA. Výbor z listů Luciliovi. Translated by Bohumil Ryba. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1969, 282 s. URL info
  • CATULLUS, Gaius Valerius, Sextus PROPERTIUS and Albius TIBULLUS. Triumvirové lásky. Translated by Otakar Smrčka - Rudolf Mertlík. 1. vyd. v SNKLU. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1964, 335 s. URL info
  • PROPERTIUS, Sextus. Elegie. Translated by Vladimír Šrámek. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1962. info
  • CATULLUS, Gaius Valerius. Básně. Translated by Josef Stáhlík. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1959. info
  • SENECA. Z dopisů Senekových. Translated by Jiřina Popelová. V Praze: Melantrich, 1946, 115 s. URL info
  • KOMENSKÝ, Jan Amos. Johannis Amos Comenii Opera omnia. Edited by Josef Hendrich. Vyd. 2. V Brně: Ústřední spolek Jednot učitelských na Moravě, 1938, 324 s. URL info
  • PLINIUS. C. Plini Caecili Secundi Epistolarum libri novem ; Epistolarum ad Traianum liber ; Panegyricus. Edited by Mauriz Schuster - Plinius. Lipsiae: B.G. Teubner, 1933, xxix, 497. info
  • Carmina Burana. Bd. 2, Kommentar. [H.] 1, Einleitung : (die Handschrift der Carmina Burana), die moralisch-satirischen Dichtungen. Edited by Alfons Hilka - Otto Schumann. Heidelberg: Carl Winter's Universitätsbuchhandlung, 1930. info
Teaching methods
The course is not regularly taught during the semester. Individual reading of selected passages, use of dictionaries and other tools, and, if necessary, consultation with the teacher.
Assessment methods
The knowledge of the texts is tested by translating selected passages into Czech and commenting on their linguistic features and historical and social context. The examination is oral, students have time for preparing the translation. Examination takes place in the examination period as well as during the semester (in the latter case, it is necessary to make appointment personally or by e-mail).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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